Seizo Suzuki

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Seizō Suzuki ( Japanese 鈴木 省 三 , Suzuki Seizō ; born May 23, 1913 in Koishikawa , Tokyo City (today: Bunkyō , Tokyo ) as Seizō Wakabayashi ( 若 林 省 三 , Wakabayashi Seizō ); † January 20, 2000 ) was a Japanese rose breeder and director of the Keisei Rose Research Institute. With over 160 new varieties, he is one of the most successful breeders of modern roses in Japan. Because of his services to rose growing, he was also called Mister Rose .

Life

Seizō Suzuki was born in 1913 in Koishikawa, a district of Tokyo . His father was a hobby gardener who also cultivated European roses in his garden, such as the red rose variety Greetings to Teplitz . At the age of nine, the family moved to Shimoochiai. After graduating from Shinjuku Public School , he began studying landscaping and horticulture at the Tokyo Botanical School. During his studies he specialized in horticulture. During this time his interest in roses and rose growing is aroused.

In 1938 he founded a rosarium , the Todoroki Baraen ( と ど ろ き ば ら え ん , Todoroki Rosarium) in what is now Okusawa in the Setagayaku district . Together with his wife Haruyo, whom he married in 1940, he saved his collection of over 300 rose varieties from the Second World War and thus laid the foundation for his career as a rose breeder. After Japan entered the war, the couple came under massive pressure because they did not grow any vegetables in their rosarium to feed the population, nor did they grow plants. After Suzuki was drafted into the Navy as a medic , Haruyo had to take care of over 1000 rose plants under difficult conditions.

In 1948 he organized the first rose show in Tokyo, which was still destroyed by the war, and it was a great success. In 1958, he was named President of Keisei Rose Nursery. Here he established a scientific research program that was devoted to rose cultivation, the analysis of color pigments , the mechanism of color changes and research into fragrances.

His efforts led to the cultivation of nationally and internationally acclaimed roses such as ' Kuroshinju ', 'Kagayaki', ' Ryokkoh ', 'Olympic Torch', 'Kampai', 'Honju' or 'Kosai'. The Todoroki Baraen closes in 1974. In the following years he devoted himself mainly to the rose garden of Narita and research. In 1978 he was involved in the introduction of a seed law in Japan, which among other things protects the rights of plant breeders. He retired in 1993, but continued to grow roses. His student Katsuhiko Maebara took over part of the collection of the Keisei Rose Research Institute, which today forms the cornerstone for the rose garden of the city of Sakura (Kusabue-no-oka).

His research on a wide variety of rose fragrances also led to years of collaboration with the Japanese cosmetics company Shiseido . In 1984 the company launched the Rosarium line of cosmetics , which was developed together with Suzuki. Seizo Suzuki is the author of numerous scientific publications and has acted as a presenter on garden programs on Japanese television.

Honors (selection)

Rose 'Ryokkoh' (1999)

Over 30 of his varieties have been awarded national and international prizes. The most important awards include:

  • 1970: The Hague Rose Trials, silver medal for 'Kagayaki'
  • 1972: New Zealand Rose Trials, Gold Star for 'Olympic Torch'
  • 1973: Rome Rose Trials, bronze medal for 'Asagumo'
  • 1980: Japan Rose Concours, gold medal for 'Sazanami'
  • 1983: Rome Rose Trials, gold medal for 'Kan-pai'
  • 1985: The Hague Rose Trials, Gold Medal for 'Gipsy'
  • 1985: Monza Rose Trials, Gold Medal for 'Gipsy'
  • 1988: All-America Rose Selection Rose Trials, ARS for 'Mikado'
  • 1989: Bagatelle Rose Trials Paris, Certificate of Honor for 'Ferdy'
  • 1990: Japan Rose Concours, gold medal for 'Higoromo'
  • 1992: New Zealand Rose Trials, Honorary Certificate for 'Mikado'
  • 1998: Baden-Baden rose show, gold medal for 'Ryokkoh'
  • 1999: Denver Rose Society Show, Honorary Award for 'French Perfume'
  • 1999: San Francisco Rose Society Show, 'Mikado', winner
  • 1999: San Diego Rose Society Show, 'Mikado', Honorary Degree
  • 2000: Pikes Peak Rose Society Show, ARS for 'French Perfume'
  • 2001: Greater Harrisburg Rose Society Show, Honorary Award for 'Eiko'
  • 2000: Monocacy Rose Society Show, ARS for 'Piñata'
  • 2000: Garden State Rose Club Show, ARS for 'Piñata'
  • 2001: Mount Diablo Rose Society Show, 'Mikado', winner

Rose varieties (selection)

In the course of his life, Seizo Suzuki bred over 160 varieties of roses , especially Floribunda roses and tea hybrids . The most successful include:

  • 'Amanogawa' (syn. 'Milky way'), Floribunda 1956

  • 'Aozora' (syn. 'Blue sky'), hybrid tea 1973.

  • 'Ginrei', Floribunda 1990

  • 'Hana-Gasumi', Floribunda, 1985

  • 'Hanami-Gawa' (syn. 'Ferdy'), shrub and climbing rose 1984

  • 'Kagayaki' (syn. 'Brilliant Light'; 'Glitter'), Floribunda 1970

  • 'Kibou' (syn. 'Gipsy'; 'Gipsy Carnival'), Floribunda 1985

  • 'Kuroshinju' (syn. 'Black Pearl'), hybrid tea 1988

  • 'Manyo' (syn. 'Korin'), Floribunda 1988

  • 'Miwako' (syn. 'Korin'), hybrid tea 1988

  • 'Nishiki-E', Floribunda 1981

  • 'Olympic Torch' (syn. 'Seika'), hybrid tea 1966

  • 'Shinsetsu', climbing rose 1969

  • 'Rendan', Floribunda 1987

  • 'Sousyun', Floribunda 1991

  • 'Tanchyo', Hybrid Tea 1986

  • 'Yachiyo-Nishiki'

  • 'Yorokobi' Polyantha Rose 1955

The hybrid tea 'Olympic Torch' and the shrub rose 'Ferdy' are among the most successful breeds internationally and can also be found in many rosaries in America and Europe.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Garden America: Seizo Suzuki: A Luminary Among the Roses. Retrieved November 14, 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b c Mr. Rose, Seizo Suzuki | Greeting from the City Mayor | The City of Sakura Rose Garden NPO ROSE CULTURE INSTITUTE. Retrieved November 15, 2017 .
  3. ↑ HelpMeFind: Suzuki, Seizo. Retrieved November 14, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Roses are Red .... | 2 Hours Drive From Tokyo. Retrieved November 15, 2017 (Japanese).
  5. ↑ HelpMeFind: 'Kagayaki' rose awards. Retrieved November 14, 2017 .
  6. ↑ HelpMeFind: 'Olympic Torch' rose awards. Retrieved November 15, 2017 .
  7. ↑ HelpMeFind: 'Asagumo' rose awards. Retrieved November 14, 2017 .
  8. ↑ HelpMeFind: 'Sazanami' rose awards. Retrieved November 15, 2017 .
  9. ↑ HelpMeFind: 'Kan-pai' rose awards. Retrieved November 14, 2017 .
  10. ↑ HelpMeFind: 'Kiboh' rose awards. Retrieved November 14, 2017 .
  11. ↑ HelpMeFind: 'Mikado ™' rose awards. Retrieved November 15, 2017 .
  12. ↑ HelpMeFind: 'Ferdy' rose awards. Retrieved November 14, 2017 .
  13. ↑ HelpMeFind: 'Ryokkoh' rose awards. Retrieved November 15, 2017 .
  14. ↑ a b HelpMeFind: 'French Perfume' Rose. Retrieved November 14, 2017 .
  15. ↑ HelpMeFind: 'Eiko' rose awards. Retrieved November 14, 2017 .
  16. ↑ HelpMeFind: 'Piñata' rose awards. Retrieved November 15, 2017 .
  17. ↑ Peter Beales: Rose Encyclopedia . Könemann, Cologne 1999, ISBN 3-8290-1954-8 , p. 680 .
personal data
SURNAME Suzuki, Seizo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 鈴木 省 三 (Japanese); Wakabayashi Seizō; 若 林 省 三 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese rose grower
DATE OF BIRTH May 23, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Koishikawa , City of Tokyo (today: Bunkyō , Tokyo )
DATE OF DEATH January 20, 2000